TY - JOUR TI - Latin American Palestinians DO - https://doi.org/doi:10.7282/T35Q4TBT PY - 2014 AB - This study addresses the Palestinian emigration from Ottoman and British Palestine to Latin America, with a focus on the Diaspora created in Honduras. Through migration, diaspora and acculturation theory it analyzes the diaspora and the migration itself. A historical approach analyzes the factors that led to the emigration while field research allows for an in-depth analysis of the Diaspora today and how it has evolved. It hypothesizes that the Palestinian Diaspora in Honduras has enjoyed great economic success at the cost of deteriorating relations with the non-Palestinian population. Additionally, it hypothesizes that these Palestinians have no intentions on returning to their homeland, and thus will remain in their host country. The study also compares the Palestinian Diaspora in Chile with that of Honduras. Furthermore, through a comparative analysis it draws differences and similarities between the Jewish and Palestinian migration and subsequent Diasporas in both Chile and Honduras. Through surveys, interviews and focus-groups, it concludes that the hypotheses are correct and that while Palestinians have enjoyed economic success, their image within Honduran society has suffered. Additionally they do not intend to return to their homeland. It also introduces the difference between Honduras' two main cities; Tegucigalpa, the capital, and San Pedro Sula, economic and commercial center of the country. Relations between the Palestinian Diaspora and the native population are strained in San Pedro Sula more so than in Tegucigalpa. KW - Global Affairs KW - Palestinian Arabs--Latin America KW - Palestinian Arabs--Honduras KW - Palestine--Emigration and immigration--Economic aspects LA - eng ER -